hugging and kissing without pose ball

[kwajkid]

The other day someone asked me for a hug.  Did not use a pose ball.  Can anyone tell me how this is done?  I've sent a email to my friend, but he hasn't been on in awhile.

[Ansariel Hiller]

It's done with a HUD that asks the other person to animate their avatar. Those things can be found on the Marketplace for instance.

[Ceera Murakami]

They were wearing an animation overrider (A/O) that had the capability of offering a hug or kiss to someone. If you accept the permission to animate your avatar, the accessory they are wearing sends info to your viewer, so you come together and then do the animation. It can be a HUD, or it can be an attachment on the avatar that accepts a chat command to trigger it.

This method has limitations. To work well, they pretty much have to be triggered while facing each other. If you don't start right, it is quite possible to be mis-aligned, with one person kissing a spot over the other person's shoulder, or turned 45 degrees to one side in the hug.

Technically, most animations can be done that way. I've seen a cute "run, pounce and tackle" animation, where if you accept permission for the other person to pounce you, they run at you, knock you doen and land on top of you, like a cat or dog might.

[Lindal Kidd]

The generic name for the device is a "hugger" or "hug and kiss attachment" (the same function is built into some AOs and some slave collars).

I like the one I have from Meike...it has a number of different animations you can pick from.  They make a couple of versions.